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KANSAS  STATE 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE  BULLETIN 


VOL.  I 


July,  1917 


No.  14 


ANNOUNCEMENT 

DIVISION  OF  GENERAL 
SCIENCE 

1917-1918 


MANHATTAN,  KANSAS 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  COLLEGE 


KANSAS  STATE  PRINTING  PLANT. 
W.  R.  Smith,  State  Printer. 
TOPEKA.  1917. 

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The  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  Bulletin  is  pub- 
lished on  the  first  and  fifteenth  of  each  month  by  the  Kan- 
sas State  Agricultural  College , Manhattan,  Kansas,  to 
which  requests  for  copies  of  the  publication  should  be  ad- 
dressed. Entered  as  second-class  matter  November  6,  1916, 
at  the  post  office  at  Manhattan,  Kansas,  under  the  Act  of 
August  2U,  1912. 


“Lovers’  Lane.” 


THE  COLLEGE  CALENDAR. 


1917. 

Sept.  10.  Admission  and  registration  begins  at  9 a.  m. 
Sept.  12.  Classes  meet  according  to  schedule  at  1 p.  m. 
Nov.  28  to  Dec.  1.  Thanksgiving  vacation. 

Dec.  21.  Winter  vacation  begins. 

1918. 

Jan.  4.  Winter  vacation  ends. 

Jan.  26.  End  of  first  semester. 

Jan.  29.  Admission  and  registration  begins  at  9 a.  m. 

May  29.  Commencement  Day. 

May  31.  Registration  for  Summer  School  begins  at  8 a.  m. 
May  31  to  Aug.  2.  Summer  School  in  session. 


Sept.  9.  Admission  and  registration  of  students  begins  at  9 a.  m. 
Sept.  11.  Registration  of  students  closes  at  11  a.  m. 


For  further  information  in  regard  to  the  work  of  the  Division  of 
General  Science,  address  Dean  J.  T.  Willard,  Manhattan,  Kan. 

Information  concerning  all  Divisions  of  the  College  is  given  in  the 
catalogue,  which  may  be  obtained  from  President  H.  J.  Waters,  Man- 
hattan, Kan. 


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Anderson  Hall — Administrative  Building. 


Page  Four 


Choosing  Your  College  Course. 


Choosing  your  college  is  a hard  job.  It  ought  to  be  hard, 
because  your  choice  usually  determines  definitely  the  life  work 
that  you  do  after  college.  Anything  that  determines  so  much 
should  be  made  difficult  enough  to  cause  you  (and  those  that 
advise  you)  to  think  hard  and  straight. 

Choosing  your  college  course  is  still  more  difficult.  It  re- 
quires the  very  best  thought  of  which  a young  man  or  young 
woman  is  capable.  It  must  not  be  done  hurriedly  if  it  is  to  be 
done  wisely  and  well.  Final  judgment  must  be  based  upon  a 
clear  and  definite  understanding  of  what  you  want  and  need, 
and  what  various  college  courses  have  to  offer. 

This  booklet  is  designed  to  explain  the  aims  and  purposes  of 
the  Division  of  General  Science  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College.  It  also  seeks  to  tell  what  some  of  those  who 
have  graduated  from  this  course  have  accomplished  in  the 
world  of  affairs,  and  what  the  earnest  student  may  reasonably 
expect  to  accomplish  for  himself. 

We  ask  that  you  give  these  few  pages  some  of  your  time, 
and  that  you  pay  particular  attention  to  those  parts  that  deal 
with  subjects  in  which  you  are  especially  interested. 


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Denison  Hall. 


THE  DIVISION  OF  GENERAL  SCIENCE. 

KANSAS  STATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE. 


The  Division  of  General  Science  has  for  its  aim  the  giving  of  a well- 
rounded  cultural  education  plus  a special  and  definite  vocational  train- 
ing. The  cultural  side  includes  work  in  the  basic  subjects  of  English, 
mathematics,  physical  and  biological  sciences,  modern  languages,  history, 
economics,  together  with  either  military  science  or  physical  training. 

In  vocational  lines  a student  may  elect  further  work  in  these  subjects, 
or  in  agronomy,  animal  husbandry,  dairying,  milling,  poultry,  horticul- 
ture, forestry,  soils,  manual  training,  domestic  science,  domestic  art,  or 
education.  Through  these  vocational  electives  it  is  thus  possible  for  a 
student  in  the  curriculum  of  general  science  to  secure  a thorough  train- 
ing in  some  one  branch  offered  in  another  division.  Upon  graduation  the 
student  will  find  himself,  or  herself,  in  possession  of  the  broad  cultural 
education  represented  by  the  required  work,  and,  at  the  same  time,  of 
the  training  for  some  definite  means  of  earning  a living  secured  through 
the  study  of  a complete  course  in  some  one  of  the  elective  groups. 

In  like  manner  the  curriculum  in  Industrial  Journalism  offers  to  its 
students  in  the  first  place  fundamental  studies  of  a literary,  social,  and 
scientific  character.  In  the  second  place,  the  student  is  expected  to  elect 
subjects  in  agriculture,  mechanic  arts,  general  science,  or  home  econom- 
ics, depending  upon  what  portion  of  the  field  of  industrial  journalism 
he  desires  to  enter,  it  being  expected  that  every  student  graduated  from 
the  course  shall  have  special  knowledge  of  some  prominent  line  of  in- 
dustry. 


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The  positions  for  which  this  division  fits  its  graduates  fall  roughly 
into  four  classes:  First,  positions  in  industrial  or  commercial  work,  re- 
quiring a knowledge  of  applied  science.  Second,  government  positions 
requiring  research  work  in  agriculture,  engineering,  or  the  sciences  gen- 
erally. (The  present  war  is  going  to  increase  the  demand  for  men  with 
such  training.)  Third,  positions  in  journalism,  especially  in  industrial 
journalism.  Fourth,  positions  in  high  schools  and  colleges  as  teachers, 
particularly  of  those  subjects  emphasized  in  the  curricula  of  this  insti- 
tution. 

The  following  pages  will  explain  the  work  offered  by  the  different  de- 
partments of  the  division  of  General  Science,  the  types  of  positions  to- 
wards which  this  work  leads,  and  some  definite  results  accomplished  by 
students  who  have  been  graduated. 


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A THOROUGH  COLLEGE  EDUCATION. 

The  fundamental  purpose  of  any  college  education  is  to  acquaint  the 
student  with  the  great  truths  of  science,  literature,  history,  economics, 
and  art,  in  order  that  life  may  be  fuller  to  him  and  that  society  may 
be  made  better  and  happier  by  him.  Such  is  the  purpose  of  the  Di- 
vision of  General  Science  of  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College.  Its 
chief  aim  is  to  give  the  student  a college  education  of  the  highest  stand- 
ard, one  that  is  complete  and  thorough. 

The  curriculum  in  General  Science  offers  and  allows  a very  large 
number  of  electives.  This  arrangement  enables  the  student  to  devote 
a large  part  of  his  time  to  those  subjects  for  which  he  is  naturally  fitted 


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A bit  of  campus. 


Nichols  Gymnasium. 


and  in  which  he  is  interested.  At  the  same  time,  however,  he  is  re- 
quired to  take  a sufficient  number  of  courses  in  any  one  group  of  electives 
to  insure  that  he  get  an  effective,  working  knowledge  of  the  field,  and  not 
a few  scraps  of  information. 

The  work  of  the  division  falls  naturally  into  four  general  groups. 
The  first  group  is  that  of  the  pure  and  applied  sciences,  consisting  of 
mathematics,  chemistry,  physics  and  the  biological  sciences.  The  sec- 
ond group  consists  of  such  subjects  as  history,  civics,  education,  eco- 
nomics, and  sociology.  The  third  group  contains  English,  industrial 
journalism,  modern  languages,  public  speaking,  and  library  economy. 


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To  the  foregoing  must  be  added  the  work  in  physical  training  and  ath- 
letics, military  science,  and  music. 

Every  thorough  college  education  must  include  some  study  of  the 
sciences.  These  sciences  may  be  divided  loosely  into  three  main  groups: 
First,  the  exact  or  mathematical  science;  second,  the  physical  sciences, 
including  chemistry,  geology,  and  physics;  and  third,  the  biological 
sciences,  including  bacteriology,  botany,  and  zoology.  The  general  aims 
of  these  sciences  are  the  training  of  the  powers  of  observation  and  the 
training  of  the  reason. 

Mathematics  offers  training  in  the  exact  science  not  only  for  its 
own  sake,  but  also  on  account  of  its  manifold  applications.  The  courses 
in  this  subject  are  offered  primarily  with  the  following  ends:  first,  the 
attainment  of  mental  power  and  accuracy  in  the  interests  of  general 
culture  and  special  application;  and  second,  the  acquirement  of  facts 
and  processes  that  will  provide  the  student  with  an  indispensable  tool 
for  further  scientific  and  technical  study. 

The  biological  sciences,  which  are  discussed  later,  enable  the  student 
to  interpret  his  environment  by  making  him  familiar  with  the  many 
forms  of  life  and  with  the  principles  governing  them. 

The  work  in  chemistry,  also  further  discussed  elsewhere,  develops  in 
the  student  the  power  to  form  independent  judgments  upon  the  problems 
of  daily  life  in  which  chemistry  plays  a part. 

No  college  course  is  complete  without  a thorough  knowledge  of  the 
fundamental  laws  and  principles  involved  in  all  physical  changes.  The 
subject  of  physics  is  given  both  a theoretical  and  practical  treatment. 
It  furnishes  a training  in  exact  reasoning  and  a knowledge  of  principles 
needed  for  the  solution  of  problems  both  in  science  and  in  every-day  life. 
The  equipment  used  is  complete  and  extensive. 

The  courses  in  geology  make  the  student  realize  that  he  is  dealing  with 
natural  forces  which  intimately  affect  his  own  well-being  and  that  of  his 
fellows,  and  strive  to  arouse  in  him  an  appreciation  of  the  general  princi- 
ples underlying  the  structure  and  formation  of  the  earth. 

Next  comes  a group  of  subjects  often  known  as  the  social  sciences,  in- 
cluding history  and  civics,  economics,  sociology,  and  education. 

Training  for  citizenship,  breadth  of  view,  historic-mindedness,  fair- 
ness of  judgment,  and  general  culture  are  constant  aims  of  each  course 
in  history  and  civics.  As  a result  of  the  training  received  in  these  sub- 
jects, the  student  is  better  prepared  to  understand  and  appreciate  the 
institutions  in  the  midst  of  which  he  lives  and  of  which  he  is  part. 

Closely  allied  to  history  and  civics  is  the  work  in  economics.  For  the 
further  discharge  of  his  duties  as  a citizen,  the  student  must  have  at 
least  a general  knowledge  of  the  economic  and  social  conditions  under 
which  he  will  live.  Economics  trains  men  and  women  for  better  and 
more  intelligent  citizenship.  Special  attention  is  given  to  agricultural 
economics — a field  of  supreme  importance  at  this  time  of  national  crisis. 

The  work  in  education  is  mentioned  elsewhere.  All  courses  in  this 
subject  are  based  upon  the  proposition  that  education  supported  by  pub- 
lic taxation  should  result  in  social  and  vocational  efficiency. 


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Auditorium  and  Library. 


English,  industrial  journalism,  modern  languages,  public  speaking,  and 
library  economy  comprise  the  third  group  of  general  science  subjects. 
The  fundamental  purpose  of  these  is  to  give  knowledge  of  the  great  truths 
that  are  found  in  the  best  literature  of  the  world,  skill  in  the  interpreta- 
tion of  these  truths  in  modern  life,  and  ability  to  use  the  native  language 
accurately,  clearly,  arid  concisely.  In  addition,  all  of  these  departments 
cooperate  closely  with  the  technical  divisions  of  the  College  to  increase 
to  the  fullest  the  practical  working  knowledge  and  usefulness  of  the 
students. 

The  work  in  English  acquaints  the  student  with  the  best  standards  of 
English  practice  and  leads  him  to  maintain  these  standards  in  all  of  his 
work.  It  also  gives  to  the  students  a thorough  knowledge  of  English 
literature  and  develops  a taste  for  those  things  in  literature  which  have 
proved  themselves  to  be  of  great  and  enduring  worth.  English  as  it  is 
used  to-day  in  the  fields  of  business,  advertising  and  journalism  is  given 
prominence  in  the  composition  and  rhetoric  courses.  Electives  are  offered 
in  oral  English,  business  English,  advertising  English,  technical  writing, 
and  in  many  other  fields  where  a knowledge  of  correct  expression  is  a 
first  essential. 

During  the  year  1916-1917  fourteen  intercollegiate  debates  have  been 
held.  With  very  few  exceptions  no  student  is  allowed  to  enter  more  than 
one  debate.  This  means  that  from  sixty  to  seventy-five  students  are 
given  the  thorough  training  necessary  for  intercollegiate  debating  that 
in  most  schools  is  given  only  to  the  few  who  already  show  pronounced 
ability. 

The  work  in  industrial  journalism  is  discussed  elsewhere  in  this 
booklet.  Many  students  who  expect  to  be  leaders  in  industrial,  economic, 
and  social  life,  but  who  do  not  expect  to  take  up  journalistic  work,  elect 


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courses  in  this  department  in  order  that  they  may  do  occasional  writing 
for  newspapers  and  magazines  on  subjects  of  special  interest. 

Modern  languages  aim  to  give  to  the  student  a practical  knowledge  of 
French  and  German  and  an  appreciation  for  the  literature  of  these  two 
great  languages.  The  student  who  expects  to  go  very  far  in  the  sciences, 
in  the  arts,  or  in  literature,  finds  a working  knowledge  of  French  or 
German,  or  of  both,  almost  indispensable.  The  conversational  method 
is  employed  largely  in  modern  languages,  and  clubs,  are  formed  for 
those  who  are  particularly  interested  in  the  work. 

Courses  in  practical  and  effective  public  speaking,  open  to  students 
from  any  division  of  the  College,  constitute  the  basic  work  in  public 
speaking.  These  courses  center  around  extempore  speaking,  actual  train- 
ing in  the  platform  delivery,  and  practice  in  the  business  of  making 
an  effective  public  speech.  The  aim  is  to  develop  the  student’s  ability  to» 
think  while  standing  before  an  audience  and  to  put  his  thoughts  im- 
mediately into  convincing  and  attractive  words. 

Interest  in  public  speaking  at  the  College  is  high.  The  annual  con- 
test between  representatives  of  the  eight  large  literary  societies  is  the 
biggest  event  of  the  school  year.  In  the  spring  of  1917  the  representative 
of  the  College  won  second  place  in  the  Kansas  State  Peace  Contest  and 
third  place  in  the  recently  formed  Missouri  Valley  Oratorical  Contest 
held  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.  The  Department  of  Public  Speaking  also 
has  charge  of  all  dramatic  productions.  During  the  past  year  “The 
Man  from  Home”  and  “A  Pair  of  Sixes”  were  presented  by  the  students. 

The  library  supplements  the  work  of  every  department  of  the  College. 
It  is  a storehouse  of  knowledge  for  every  student.  It  supplies  information 
and  the  latest  results  of  scientific  research  for  every  instructor.  A course 
in  library  methods,  required  in  the  Division  of  General  Science,  gives 
to  the  student  up-to-date  methods  in  the  use  of  books,  and  acquaints  him 
with  the  best  general  reference  books  and  the  standard  works  on  various 
subjects.  It  is  placed  early  in  the  course  so  as  to  increase  his  efficiency  in 
study  throughout  all  his  work. 


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TRAINING  FOR  EFFICIENCY. 


BACTERIOLOGY. 

Bacteriologists  are  in  demand  for  work  in  water  analysis,  sewage  dis- 
posal, soils,  dairying,  fermentation  industries,  food  preservation,  manu- 
facture of  biological  products,  and  sanitation  and  the  control  of  disease. 
Among  the  graduates  of  this  College  who  have  specialized  in  bacteriology 
are  the  following:  The  president  of  a prominent  college  of  veterinary 
medicine,  a member  of  the  live-stock  sanitary  commission  of  the  state 
of  California,  an  assistant  veterinarian  for  a large  wholesale  drug  com- 
pany, and  a man  engaged  in  water-survey  work  for  a large  state  uni- 
versity. 

That  the  work  of  this  department  is  highly  practical  may  be  gathered 
from  the  fact  that  it  is  engaged,  in  connection  with  the  Experiment 
Station,  in  problems  relating  to  hog  cholera,  poultry  diseases,  soil  fer- 
tility, silage  fermentation,  the  bacteriology  of  flour,  cream  grading,  cold- 
storage  butter,  foamy  cream,  and  the  effect  of  intestinal  bacteria  upon 
the  growth  of  swine. 

Bacteriology  is  presented  to  the  student  first  as  a biological  science 
and  as  a practical  factor  in  everyday  life,  and  second  as  an  aid  in  agri- 
culture, medicine,  domestic  science,  and  sanitary  engineering. 

BOTANY. 

The  economic  value  of  the  study  of  botany  has  been  recognized  by 
the  federal  government  of  the  United  States  by  its  establishment  of  the 
Bureau  of  Plant  Industry.  In  the  experiment  stations  throughout  the 
country  investigations  are  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  this  bureau 
with  regard  to  plant  breeding,  plant  diseases,  drought  resistance,  and 
seed  control.  A scientific  knowledge  of  the  laws  of  plant  life  is  funda- 
mental in  agriculture.  The  Department  of  Botany,  therefore,  not  only 
gives  a general  training  in  botany  as  an  observational  science,  but  also 
relates  it  to  agriculture,  and  trains  men  to  fill  positions  in  the  govern- 
ment service  as  well  as  in  colleges  and  experiment  stations. 

Among  graduates  of  this  institution  who  have  specialized  in  botany 
are  a director  of  the  experiment  station  of  one  of  our  insular  possessions 
and  three  heads  of  offices  in  the  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  at  Washington. 

CHEMISTRY. 

In  recent  years  chemists  have  been  coming  more  and  more  into  their 
own.  Especially  since  the  outbreak  of  the  great  war  have  they  been 
in  demand.  This  must  continue,  as  most  industries  rest  to  a greater  or 
less  extent  on  chemical  processes;  and  these  must  be,  or  may  be,  guided 
and  controlled  by  chemists  to  the  great  advantage  of  mankind.  Thirty 


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A section  of  laboratory. 


or  forty  of  our  graduates  have  obtained  here  the  chemical  training  that 
has  enabled  them  to  win  success  as  research  chemists,  soil  investigators, 
milling  and  baking  experts,  food  analysts,  and  college  teachers  of  chem- 
istry, agricultural  chemistry,  and  nutrition.  In  addition,  many  are  in 
high  schools  teaching  chemistry  and  subjects  for  which  much  knowledge 
of  chemistry  is  required. 

In  addition  to  numerous  well-equipped  laboratories  and  lecture  rooms 
designed  for  effective  instruction  in  modern  chemistry,  there  are  located 
at  the  College  the  chemical  laboratories  of  the  Agricultural  Experiment 
Station,  a state  food  laboratory,  a stock  food  and  remedies  laboratory, 
soils  and  fertilizers  laboratories,  and  the  chemical  laboratories  of  the 
Engineering  Experiment  Station.  Many  students  showing  special  quali- 
fication in  chemistry  find  employment  in  these  laboratories.  While  re- 
ceiving pay  for  their  work  they  also  receive  a valuable  knowledge  of 
chemical  technique. 

EDUCATION. 

It  is  the  aim  of  the  Department  of  Education  to  offer  work  that  will 
fulfill  all  the  requirements  of  the  Kansas  State  Board  of  Education  for 
the  state  teachers’  certificates  and  that  will  serve  the  needs  of  the 
students  and  the  College.  This  means  that  students  of  the  College  may 
secure  the  highest  grade  of  state  certificate  while  getting  their  general 
college  training  and  their  special  training  in  their  chosen  line  of  work. 
It  offers  attractive  opportunities  to  those  who  wish  to  teach  in  the  high 
schools  of  the  state. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  work  in  education  the  department  offers 
special  courses  for  students  in  the  other  divisions  of  the  College  who  are 
preparing  themselves  to  teach  their  special  subjects  in  high  schools  or 


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other  colleges.  Courses  in  the  teaching  of  home  economics  and  the  teach- 
ing of  agriculture  are  examples. 

The  full  purpose  of  the  work  in  education  is  to  give  every  candidate 
for  a state  certificate  a fundamental  knowledge  of  the  psychological 
facts  and  principles  underlying  the  learning  and  teaching  processes,  an 
understanding  of  the  organization,  administration  and  support  of  educa- 
tion in  the  United  States  and  other  countries,  and  of  the  history  of  the 
curriculum,  of  teaching  methods,  and  of  vocational  education.  To  this 
is  added  special  training  in  the  student’s  chosen  field,  which  will  acquaint 
him  with  the  organization,  administration  and  methods  of  teaching  his 
subject  current  in  the  various  states  and  cities  of  our  country  and  others. 

The  Department  of  Education  maintains  an  employment  bureau  for 
graduates  and  students  of  the  College.  In  the  spring  of  1916  almost 
300  positions  were  secured  for  students.  Of  these  135  were  for  teachers, 
17  for  lunch-room  and  tea-room  managers,  and  dietists  for  hospitals,  50 
for  graduates  in  engineering  work,  and  75  for  undergraduates  in  engi- 
neering work.  So  far  this  spring  (May  15,  1917)  teaching  positions 
have  been  found  for  all  men  graduates  who  have  applied,  and  there  are 
several  vacancies  that  the  bureau  can  not  fill.  Practically  all  of  the 
young  women  who  have  filed  their  applications  have  either  signed  up 
for  their  teaching  positions  or  are  in  touch  with  school  boards  wishing 
their  services. 

ENTOMOLOGY. 

Few  people  realize  the  immense  annual  saving  effected  by  the  work  of 
the  entomologist.  Millions  of  dollars  are  lost  to  the  country  every  year 
through  crops  destroyed  by  insects.  It  is  the  purpose  and  effort  of  the 
Department  of  Entomology  to  develop  well  trained  men  capable  of  solv- 
ing some  of  the  problems  presented  by  these  insects.  The  importance  of 
entomology  has  been  realized  in  late  years  to  such  an  extent  that  both 
the  federal  and  state  governments  are  employing  increasingly  large  num- 
bers of  men  for  this  work. 

A rapidly  developing  phase  of  the  work  of  the  department  is  that  re- 
lating to  bee  culture,  the  possibilities  of  which  are  only  beginning  to  be 
realized  in  Kansas. 

Each  year  the  department  turns  out  men  well-trained  in  the  profes- 
sional aspects  of  the  subject  who  are  prepared  to  do  active  work  in  state 
experiment  stations,  in  the  federal  government  service,  or  in  educational 
institutions  as  instructors.  Among  graduates  of  this  College  who  have 
specialized  in  entomology  are  one  assistant  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Ento- 
mology at  Washington,  one  state  entomologist,  one  head  of  entomological 
extension  work,  and  several  engaged  in  state  work  as  associate  or  assist- 
ant entomologists. 

INDUSTRIAL  JOURNALISM. 

The  course  in  industrial  journalism  in  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural 
College  is  not  intended  for  the  boy  or  girl  who  wants  to  pick  up  merely 
the  mechanical  details  of  writing.  It  is  for  the  young  man  or  woman 
who  wants  to  be  of  some  genuine  service  to  the  world  by  learning  to 


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write  on  subjects  that  are  of  real  importance  and  real  interest.  The 
course  tries  to  impart  a knowledge,  moreover,  not  merely  of  writing  but 
of  the  things  which  are  written  about. 

Modern  newspapers  and  magazines  are  full  of  articles  dealing  with 
various  phases  of  American  industrial  life.  The  Kansas  State  Agricul- 
tural College  deals  fundamentally  with  the  most  important  industries  of 
the  country,  agriculture,  engineering,  home  economics,  and  the  sciences. 
A student  who  takes  the  course  in  industrial  journalism  takes  also  sub- 
jects in  one  of  these  fields  of  industrial  activity,  so  that  not  only  does  he 
learn  how  to  write  but  he  has  something  to  write  about. 

Most  of  the  young  men  and  women  who  take  the  course  in  industrial 
journalism  are  preparing  for  work  on  agricultural  journals.  There  are 
opportunities  for  young  men  trained  in  agriculture  to  become  editors, 
field  men  or  advertising  representatives  of  farm  papers.  The  field  for 
the  young  women  naturally  is  in  the  woman’s  departments  of  these 
papers. 

The  journalism  course  numbers  among  its  recent  graduates  an  editor 
in  the  largest  group  of  agricultural  papers  in  America,  the  managing 
editor  of  one  of  the  three  farm  papers  of  largest  circulation  in  America, 
a young  woman  handling  the  children’s  page  and  club  work  carried  on  by 
a large  group  of  farm  papers,  and  a young  woman  who  is  handling  the 
poultry  pages  in  a daily  newspaper.  Among  the  agricultural  journals  on 
which  Kansas  graduates  are  working  are  Farm  and  Fireside,  The  Kan- 
sas Farmer,  the  Kansas  Cattleman,  the  Rural  Spirit,  and  the  Capper 
farm  publications,  including  the  Farmer’s  Mail  and  Breeze,  the  Missouri 
Ruralist,  the  Nebraska  Farm  Journal,  and  the  Oklahoma  Farmer. 

Many  graduates  take  up  city  newspaper  work.  One  young  man  re- 
cently started  work  on  the  Associated  Press  at  an  initial  salary  of  $30  a 
week  and  has  already  had  one  promotion.  Three  graduates  of  the  course 
are  teaching  journalism  in  colleges.  Others  have  entered  the  county 
newspaper  field,  where  they  are  making  a fine  living  and  are  at  the  same 
time  rendering  a worthy  service  to  their  communities.  Still  others  go 


A class  in  typography. 


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into  commercial  publicity.  A member  of  this  year’s  class  is  to  go  to 
Swift  & Company,  packers,  to  do  publicity  work. 

The  student  in  the  industrial  journalism  course  gets  practical  exper- 
ience throughout.  In  his  first  year  he  takes  work  in  printing,  in  which 
he  goes  into  the  printing  plant,  sets  type  and  performs  other  practical 
operations.  In  the  remaining  three  years  of  the  ceurse  he  does  work  on 
the  Kansas  Industrialist,  a weekly,  edited  by  the  journalism  department, 
and  on  the  Kansas  State  Collegian,  a semiweekly  student  newspaper. 
Every  student  is  also  required  to  prepare  and  submit  articles  to  news- 
papers, farm  journals  and  magazines.  Many  young  men  and  women  ob- 
tain experience  on  the  papers  published  in  Manhattan.  There  are  (in 
addition  to  the  college  papers)  two  dailies,  one  semiweekly,  three  weeklies, 
and  a monthly  agricultural  journal.  Students  act  as  correspondents  also 
for  out-of-town  dailies. 


MILITARY  TRAINING. 

At  any  time  military  training  is  excellent  for  a young  man  in  that 
it  teaches  him  good  carriage,  habits  of  neatness  in  dress,  and  obedience 
to  discipline.  At  this  particular  time  it  is  especially  advantageous  in 
view  of  the  present  national  conditions.  The  student  who  comes  to  this 
institution  is  required  to  take  military  science  throughout  two  years. 


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Holt  Feature  Film  Co. 


TATE  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE 


After  that  time  he  may  elect  military  work  with  great  advantage  to 
himself,  as  will  appear  from  what  follows. 

During  the  past  three  years  the  Department  of  Military  Science  and 
Tactics  has  attained  such  a degree  of  proficiency  as  to  be  classified  as  a 
“Distinguished  College”  by  the  War  Department.  The  College  has  asked 
that  a unit  of  the  Reserve  Officers’  Training  Corps  be  established,  and 
this  request  has  been  approved  by  the  War  Department.  The  unit  will 
probably  be  established  in  the  fall  of  1917.  Students  enrolling  in  the 
R.  O.  T.  C.  will  be  issued  uniforms  free.  Those  required  to  take  drill, 
but  not  desiring  to  enroll  in  the  R.  0.  T.  C.  for  the  two  years,  will  be 
required  to  purchase  their  own  uniforms.  Able-bodied  students  between 
the  ages  of  14  and  25  are  eligible  for  the  first  two  years’  course. 

After  completing  two  years  of  drill  at  an  institution  like  this,  where 
there  is  a regular  army  officer  on  duty  by  orders  of  the  War  Department, 
a student  becomes  eligible  for  the  two  years’  advanced  course;  and  sig- 
nifying his  intention  to  continue  drill  for  two  years,  taking  five  hours 
work  per  week  and  attending  two  training  camps  of  four  weeks’  dura- 
tion each,  to  be  held  in  the  summer,  he  will  be  given  pay  at  the  rate 
of  the  cost  of  the  ration  of  the  soldier.  On  graduation  he  can  enter  the 
army,  without  examination,  as  a commissioned  officer  in  the  grade  of 
second  lieutenant. 


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The  War  Department  has  called  on  this  institution  this  year  for  the 
following  appointments : 

Twenty  students  to  be  appointed  second  lieutenants,  all  of  them 
to  become  captains  before  the  year  is  out. 

Four  graduates  to  be  appointed  second  lieutenants  in  the  marine 
corps. 

Seventeen  commissions  as  assistant  paymasters  in  the  navy. 

High  schools  and  colleges  throughout  the  country  are  calling  for  college 
graduates  with  military  training  to  take  charge  of  the  military  work 
which  is  being  introduced.  A student  equipped  with  a knowledge  of 
military  science  and  tactics  and  of  athletics  will  be  greatly  in  demand  in 
schools  and  colleges. 

The  equipment  of  the  Department  of  Military  Science  and  Tactics  is 
complete.  Attractive  features  are  the  band,  the  target  range,  and  the 
indoor  gallery  range. 

MUSIC. 

The  Department  of  Music  strives  to  enlist  and  develop  the  musical 
ability  of  the  whole  student  body.  To  this  end  there  are  conducted  a 
choral  society,  a men's  glee  club,  a women’s  glee  club,  a band,  and  an 
orchestra.  The  training  given  in  all  of  these  organizations  is  free  of 
charge.  Membership  is  open  to  all  persons  of  talent.  The  choral  so- 
ciety is  one  of  the  largest  singing  organizations  in  the  country,  and  in 
the  past  two  years  has  sung  “Elijah”  and  “The  Messiah.”  The  orchestra 
gives  an  annual  symphony  concert  and  accompanies  for  the  public  per- 
formances by  the  choral  society  and  the  glee  clubs.  It  also  plays  for 
various  college  functions.  The  band,  being  a unit  of  the  military  organi- 
zation, is  used  in  all  military  ceremonies.  It  furnishes  music  at  promi- 
nent atheltic  events  and  gives  frequent  concerts. 

Each  year,  during  March  or  April,  a festival  week  is  held.  During 
this  week  the  various  musical  organizations  give  concerts  and  help 
in  the  concerts  given  by  visiting  solo  artists.  The  festival  of  1917  was 
the  biggest  musical  event  in  the  history  of  the  city  of  Manhattan,  and 
was  recognized  by  the  musical  world  as  of  great  importance.  It  included 
a symphony  concert  by  the  orchestra,  the  performance  of  the  opera 
“Robin  Hood”  by  the  two  glee  clubs,  a production  of  “The  Man  from 


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Cadets  marching. 


Home”  by  the  College  dramatic  society,  a song  recital  by  Cecil  Fanning, 
and  a sacred  concert  by  the  choral  society. 

Besides  this  general  work,  individual  instruction  is  offered  in  vocal  and 
instrumental  music.  The  faculty  consists  of  eight  expert  teachers  and 
performers  who  devote  their  time  to  teaching  voice,  violin,  piano,  band 
instruments,  theory,  musical  history,  and  public-school  music.  For  pri- 
vate instruction  reasonable  fees  are  charged.  Courses  are  offered  which 
prepare  those  who  desire  to  become  efficient  in  some  chosen  musical  line 
of  concert  or  lyceum  work.  Especially  thorough  training  is  also  given 
to  those  who  desire  to  direct  public-school  music  and  community  musical 
organizations. 


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College  Military  Band. 


College  Orchestra. 


PHYSICAL  EDUCATION. 

The  Department  of  Physical  Education  and  Athletics  aims  to  lead 
each  student  into  an  intelligent  appreciation  of  those  things  that  will 
give  him  a maximum  of  physical  well-being.  Nichols  Gymnasium,  one  of 
the  largest  and  best  equipped  in  the  west,  is  open  to  all  students  of  the 
College.  Every  student  of  athletic  ability  is  expected  to  try  out  for  the 
varsity  teams.  Every  student  in  College  is  sure  to  find  some  athletic 
exercise  or  some  sport  that  he  likes,  for  the  department  covers  the  en- 
tire field  of  physical  education. 

Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  is  a member  of  the  Missouri  Valley 
Conference.  Last  fall  (1916)  the  College  football  team  tied  for  first 
place,  and  during  the  winter  term  the  basket-ball  men  were  the  undis- 
puted champions  of  the  Missouri  Valley.  The  methods  of  coaching  em- 
ployed are  producing  teams  that  increase  in  ability  rapidly  and  steadily. 
Freshmen  teams  are  trained  by  the  special  coaches  just  as  the  varsity 
teams,  and  the  result  is  that  the  men  who  play  on  the  College  teams 
are  men  who  rank  high  in  the  Missouri  Valley  Conference. 

All  candidates  for  athletic  teams  are  required  to  submit  to  a thorough 
physical  examination  and  to  pass  the  grade  tests  before  being  allowed 
to  compete  for  positions  on  the  various  teams.  This  is  required  in  order 
that  no  student  may  indulge  in  athletics  to  his  own  permanent  physical 
injury. 

The  indoor  and  outdoor  equipment  of  the  department  is  full  and  com- 
plete. The  gymnasium  is  equipped  with  apparatus  for  physical  training, 
steel  lockers,  plunge  baths,  shower  baths,  two  swimming  pools,  and  many 
other  accommodations.  The  athletic  field  has  been  rearranged  during 
the  past  year  and  new  football  and  baseball  fields  have  been  built.  New 
tennis  courts  are  constantly  being  constructed,  as  tennis  is  becoming 
very  popular  with  the  students. 

The  young  ladies  have  an  excellently  equipped  gymnasium  for  their 
individual  use.  This  contains,  in  addition  to  the  regular  equipment,  a 
swimming  pool  and  shower  baths.  The  best  expert  women  instructors 
that  can  be  secured  are  employed  to  handle  the  physical  training  work 
for  girls.  A thorough  physical  examination  of  each  young  woman  is 
made  by  the  instructor  in  charge  of  women  and  the  assistant  College 


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Girls’  Hockey  Team. 


physician  before  permission  to  enter  a class  is  given.  This  examination 
includes  an  elaborate  system  of  body  measurements  and  an  examination 
of  the  condition  of  the  heart  and  lungs.  Special  exercises  are  prescribed 
for  the  student  needing  individual  corrective  work. 

In  short,  the  Department  of  Physical  Education  and  Athletics  is 
organized  with  the  big  purpose  of  providing  the  proper  kind  of  physical 
training  for  every  College  student,  after  first  carefully  determining  what 
the  proper  kind  of  physical  training  is.  In  the  whole  College  the  de- 
partment is  one  of  the  biggest  single  factors  that  make  for  wholesome- 
ness and  sane  living. 


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A close  play. 


Studying-  aquatic  animals. 


ZOOLOGY. 

The  courses  offered  by  the  Department  of  Zoology  are  intended  to 
awaken  in  the  student  an  appreciation  of  the  general  principles  of 
animal  life  and  of  its  relation  to  the  welfare  of  man.  Nor  are  the 
economic  phases  of  the  subject  neglected.  A study  is  made  of  the  more 
serious  external  and  internal  parasites  of  domestic  animals  and  man  and 
also  of  birds  and  mammals,  with  special  reference  to  their  adaptation  and 
economic  importance. 

The  work  of  the  courses  fits  the  student  for  positions  in  the  Biologi- 
cal Survey  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  at  Washington,  and  for 
other  economic  zoological  work  with  that  department,  for  the  making  of 
state  surveys,  for  work  in  experiment  stations  generally,  for  museum 
work,  and  for  teaching.  Graduates  of  this  institution  are  holding  im- 
portant positions  for  which  they  were  fitted  by  the  training  received 
here.  This  department  has  been  unusually  successful  in  placing  its 
graduates  as  fellows  and  assistants  in  graduate  schools. 

♦ ■ 

THE  CURRICULA. 

The  curriculum  in  general  science  includes  three  years  of  history  and 
political  science,  two  years  of  English  language  and  literature,  one  year 
each  of  mathematics,  chemistry,  physics,  botany,  and  zoology,  one  semes- 
ter each  of  psychology,  microbiology,  public  speaking,  and  library  meth- 
ods, and  two  years  of  military  science  for  young  men  or  physical  training 


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for  young  women.  The  remaining  fifty-four  semester  hours  of  the 
curriculum  are  elective.  Groups  of  electives  are  available  in  all  depart- 
ments of  the  College. 

The  curriculum  in  industrial  journalism  includes  three  years  of  jour- 
nalism, three  years  of  social  science,  one  year  each  of  printing,  chemistry, 
zoology  or  botany  and  microbiology,  three  years  of  courses  related  to  the 
industries,  and  two  years  of  military  science  for  young  men  or  physical 
training  for  young  women.  The  remaining  twenty-five  semester  hours 
are  open  for  election  in  the  several  departments  of  the  College. 

Among  the  fields  in  which  electives  may  be  chosen  are:  Agriculture, 
milling  industry,  manual  training,  domestic  science,  domestic  art,  music, 
bacteriology,  botany,  chemistry,  entomology,  physics,  zoology,  economics, 
education,  English,  history,  and  industrial  journalism. 

♦- • 

GENERAL  INFORMATION. 


COLLEGE  GROUNDS  AND  BUILDINGS. 

The  College  campus,  acknowledged  by  widely-traveled  visitors  to  be 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  in  America,  occupies  an  attractive  elevation 
just  west  of  the  city  of  Manhattan.  On  it  are  found  a great  variety  of 
beautiful  and  interesting  trees,  artistically  arranged  banks  of  shrubbery, 
and  extensive  lawns  and  gardens.  Broad,  well-shaped  avenues  lead  to  all 
parts  of  the  grounds,  and  cement  walks  connect  the  buildings  with  each 
other  and  with  the  entrances  to  the  campus. 

Including  the  campus  of  160  acres,  the  College  owns  about  750  acres  of 
land  at  Manhattan,  valued  at  $185,000,  and  rents  522  acres  in  addition. 
All  land  outside  of  the  campus  proper  is  devoted  to  educational  and  ex- 
perimental work  in  agriculture. 

The  College  buildings,  twenty-one  in  number,  are  all  constructed  of 
white  limestone  obtained  from  the  College  quarries.  A central  power 
plant  furnishes  steam  heat  and  electric  light  and  power  to  all  buildings. 
The  College  owns  and  operates  its  own  system  of  waterworks  and  is  pro- 
vided with  a complete  system  of  sewers. 

Usefulness  and  beauty  have  been  the  watchwords  of  the  builders  of 
Kansas  State  Agricultural  College. 

THE  COLLEGE  LIBRARY. 

The  general  College  library  consists  of  all  books  belonging  to  the 
College,  including  the  library  of  the  Experiment  Station.  On  January 
1,  1917,  the  library  contained  55,790  bound  volumes,  besides  much  un- 
bound material.  It  receives  currently  about  four  hundred  serial  publica- 
tions. As  a depository  it  receives  the  publications  of  the  United  States 
government. 


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Winding  the  Maypole. 


All  students  have  the  privilege  of  direct  access  to  the  book  stacks. 
Although  the  library  is  primarily  for  reference  use,  the  privilege  of 
withdrawing  books  is  accorded  to  all  registered  students. 

Three  reading  rooms  are  maintained  in  the  library — a general  refer- 
ence room,  containing  encyclopedias,  dictionaries,  and  other  general  refer- 
ence works;  a special  reference  room,  containing  books  reserved  for 
classes;  and  a periodical  room,  in  which  are  found  the  current  magazines 
and  the  important  daily  and  weekly  Kansas  papers.  These  rooms  are 
freely  open  to  all  students  who  wish  to  take  advantage  of  the  fine  oppor- 
tunities they  afford. 

ADMISSION. 

The  applicant  is  asked  to  submit  to  the  Committee  on  Admission  a 
certificate  of  the  high-school  or  academy  credit  certified  to  by  the  au- 
thorities of  the  school  in  which  he  did  such  work.  It  is  requested  that 
all  work  offered  for  entrance  credit  be  presented  in  advance  upon  blanks 
which  will  be  gladly  furnished  by  the  College.  It  is  greatly  to  the 
advantage  of  the  entering  student  to  use  these  blanks  to  indicate  the 
course  wanted  and  to  get  a permit  to  enroll.  If  he  does  so,  he  can  be 
assigned  without  inconvenience  or  loss  of  time.  For  those  who  wish  to 
gain  entrance  credit  by  examination,  the  College  holds  regular  examina- 
tions at  the  beginning  of  each  semester. 

ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS. 

It  is  the  aim  and  purpose  of  the  College  to  keep  its  entrance  require- 
ments broad  and  flexible.  Fifteen  units  of  high-school  work  are  re- 
quired for  admission  to  the  Freshman  class.  (A  unit  is  the  work  suc- 
cessfully done  in  an  accredited  high  school  or  academy  in  five  recitation 
periods  a week  for  one  school  year.)  One  may  offer  fourteen  such  units 
and  be  admitted  to  the  Freshman  class  with  a condition  of  one  unit. 
However,  such  deficiency  must  be  made  up  within  the  first  year  that  the 
student  is  in  attendance,  or  College  credits  will  be  taken  in  its  place. 

The  required  entrance  subjects  for  the  Division  of  General  Science 
curriculum  are  three  units  of  English,  two  units  of  Mathematics  (algebra 
and  geometry),  and  one  unit  of  physics.  The  same  requirements  are 

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made  in  other  divisions,  except  that  an  additional  unit  in  mathematics  is 
required  in  the  Division  of  Mechanic  Arts. 

Below  follows  a table  showing  acceptable  entrance  subjects.  From 
this  one  can  check  his  high-school  work  and  arrive  at  his  standing  as  a 
candidate  for  admission  to  the  College. 

The  subjects  from  which  entrance  credit  may  be  offered,  together  with 
the  number  of  units,  are  arranged  in  eight  groups,  as  follows: 


Group  I 

English 

Three  or  four  units 

Group  II 

Foreign 

Languages 

Latin,  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 

Greek,  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 

German,  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 

French,  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 

Spanish,  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 

Group  III 
Mathematics 

Elementary  algebra,  one  or  one  and  one-half  units 
Plane  geometry,  one  unit 

Solid  geometry,  one-half  unit 

Plane  trigonometry,  one-half  unit 

Advanced  algebra,  one-half  unit 

Group  IV 

Natural 

Sciences 

Physical  geography,  one-half  or  one  unit 
*Physics,  one  unit 

* Chemistry,  one  unit 
*Botany,  one-half  or  one  unit 
*Zoology,  one-half  or  one  unit 

* Physiology,  one-half  or  one  unit 

* General  biology,  one-half  or  one  unit 

* General  science,  one-half  or  one  unit 

Group  V 

History  and 
Social  Sciences 

Greek  and  Roman  history,  one  unit 

Medieval  and  modern  history,  one  unit 

English  history,  one  unit 

American  history,  one  unit 

Economics,  one-half  or  one  unit 

Sociology,  one-half  unit 

Civics,  one-half  unit 

Group  VI 

Normal  Train- 
ing Subjects 

Psychology,  one-half  unit 

Methods  and  management,  one-half  unit 

Higher  arithmetic,  one-half  unit 

Reviews 

Grammar,  twelve  weeks  1 

Geography,  twelve  weeks  [■  one  unit 

Reading,  twelve  weeks  J 

*Music,  one  unit 

Group  VII 
Industrial 
Subjects 

* Agriculture,  one-half  or  one,  two,  three,  or  four  units 
*Drawing,  one-half  or  one  unit 

*Woodwork,  one-half,  one  or  two  units 

* Forging,  one-half  or  one  unit 

* Domestic  science,  one-half,  one  or  two  units 

* Domestic  art,  one-half,  one  or  two  units 

Group  VIII 
Commercial 
Subjects 

Commercial  law,  one-half  unit 

Commercial  geography,  one-half  unit 

Bookkeeping,  one-half  or  one  unit 
* Stenography  and  typewriting,  one-half  or  one  unit 

* In  courses  consisting  of  laboratory  work  wholly  or  in  part,  two  periods  of  laboratory 
work  are  to  be  considered  the  equivalent  of  one  recitation  period. 


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DEFICIENCIES  AND  ADVANCED  CREDIT. 

The  courses  in  the  School  of  Agriculture  offered  in  connection  with 
the  College  give  every  needed  opportunity  for  students  to  make  up  any- 
thing lacking  in  their  preparation  for  entrance.  All  such  entrance  de- 
ficiencies must  be  made  up  before  the  beginning  of  the  Sophomore  year. 

Students  who  present  certificates  showing  credits  for  college  work 
done  in  other  institutions  are,  at  the  discretion  of  the  President,  allowed 
hour-for-hour  credit  on  courses  in  this  College  in  so  far  as  they  may  be 
directly  applied,  or  can  be  accepted  as  substitutes  or  electives.  Candi- 
dates with  such  credit  should  present  to  the  Committee  on  Advanced 
Standing  their  high-school  and  college  credits  certified  to  by  the  proper 
authorities,  and  a copy  of  the  catalogue  covering  the  work  in  the  institu- 
tion in  which  the  credit  has  been  made.  If  it  is  impossible  for  one  to  fur- 
nish an  acceptable  certificate  concerning  work  upon  which  advanced 
credit  is  asked,  examinations  are  given,  provided  the  subject  has  been 
studied  under  competent  instruction. 

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EXPENSES. 


FEES  AND  CHARGES. 

Students  who  are  residents  of  Kansas  pay  an  incidental  fee  of  $5  a 
semester  or  summer  term,  and  a matriculation  fee  of  $5,  payable  only 
once.  Students  who  are  not  residents  of  Kansas  pay  fees  just  double  the 
regular  resident  fees.  Short-course  students  in  agriculture,  home  econ- 
omics, and  mechanic  arts  pay  somewhat  lower  fees.  There  is  also  a sick 
benefit  fee  of  $1  a semester  or  summer  term  for  which  the  student  re- 
ceives the  services  of  the  College  physicians  for  any  illness  contracted 
while  in  College.  This,  of  course,  does  not  include  the  cost  of  medicine, 
surgical  operations,  hospital  bills,  or  treatment  for  chronic  conditions. 
For  unexcused  late  registration  the  student  is  required  to  pay  $1.  In  all 
laboratories  students  are  required  to  pay  for  supplies  and  for  apparatus 
broken  or  lost. 


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LIVING. 


Table  board  in  private  families  and  at  boarding  houses  varies  from 
$3.50  a week  upward,  an  average  being  about  $4.  Many  students  eat 
at  the  College  cafeteria,  where  well-cooked,  nutritious  food  is  served  at 
cost.  Rooms  are  obtainable  in  private  houses  at  from  $5  to  $10  a month 
when  occupied  by  one  person.  When  occupied  by  more  than  one  person 
the  average  cost  for  each  person  is  $5.50  a month.  The  higher-priced 
accommodations  include  light,  heat,  and  bath. 

Some  students  board  themselves  at  less  cost  than  the  prices  charged 
for  table  board,  and  unfurnished  rooms  may  sometimes  be  obtained  very 
cheaply.  The  average  expense  for  laundry  is  55  cents  a week.  Books 
cost  on  an  average  about  $5.50  a term,  the  amounts  being  smaller  in  the 
Freshman  and  Sophomore  years. 

Each  young  man  who  takes  military  science  is  required  to  furnish  his 
own  military  uniform.  Each  young  woman  who  takes  physical  training 
must  have  a physical  training  suit,  costing  about  $4.  Total  expenses  for 
a year  vary  greatly,  due  to  differences  in  individual  tastes  and  circum- 
stances. The  average  spent  by  1000  students  in  1915  was,  aside  from 
clothing,  $265. 


♦ 

COLLEGE  LIFE. 


The  social  atmosphere  at  the  Kansas  State  Agricultural  College  is 
wholesome.  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  and  the  Young 
Women’s  Christian  Association  form  centers  of  moral  culture  and  re- 
ligious stimulus  among  the  young  people  at  the  most  formative  period 
of  their  lives.  The  College  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  has  a 
handsome  $35,000  building  at  the  corner  of  Eleventh  and  Fremont 
streets,  containing  reading  and  committee  rooms,  student  living  rooms, 
and  a gymnasium.  All  young  men,  whether  members  or  not,  are  wel- 
come to  make  use  of  the  privileges  of  the  building.  No  fixed  fee  is 
charged,  each  member  giving  what  he  feels  able  to  afford.  Religious 
meetings  and  classes  are  held  throughout  the  year.  Especial  attention 
is  given  to  meeting  new  students,  to  making  them  acquainted  with  other 
students,  and  to  securing  employment  for  those  who  desire  it.  Students 
will  do  well  before  coming  to  College  to  write  the  General  Secretary, 
Y.  M.  C.  A.,  K.  S.  A.  C.,  Manhattan,  Kan. 

The  Young  Women’s  Christian  Association  does  for  the  young  women 
what  the  Young  Men’s  Christian  Association  does  for  the  men  in  the 
way  of  meeting,  welcoming  and  locating  new  students,  as  well  as  secur- 
ing employment  for  them.  The  organization  also  has  a general  secre- 
tary, who  may  be  addressed  at  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  home,  905  Fremont 
street,  Manhattan,  Kan. 


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Gymnasium  decorated  for  the  Junior-Senior  party. 


In  close  cooperation  with  the  foregoing  associations,  the  most  of  the 
churches  of  Manhattan  have  their  activities  unusually  well  developed  and 
conduct  vigorous  and  effective  work  among  the  students. 

There  are  numerous  other  organizations  among  the  students,  the 
most  noteworthy  being  the  literary  societies,  twelve  in  number.  Eight 
of  these  societies  have  rooms  and  equipment  unequaled  in  any  other 
institution  in  the  West. 


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